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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Municipal police

Article L2212-5-1

…ommunes which have set up a revenue authority to collect the proceeds of fines pursuant to articles L. 511-1 and L. 512-2 of the Internal Security Code and article L. 130-4 of the Highway Code, and th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Information on prices and conditions of sale

Article L112-1-1

…to price reduction announcements relating to perishable products threatened by rapid deterioration. II. II.-These provisions do not apply to transactions whereby a trader compares the prices he displa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Principle of non-discrimination.

Article L1132-1

…ld of anti-discrimination, in particular with regard to remuneration, within the meaning of Article L. 3221-3, profit-sharing measures or the distribution of shares, training, redeployment, assignment…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: The National Insurance School.

Article L412-1

…National des Arts et Métiers receives these payments on behalf of the Ecole Nationale d'Assurances.II. - These payments are deducted from those due in respect of apprenticeship tax or continuing educ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Working hours, rest periods and holidays.

Article L3422-1

Articles L. 3133-7 to L. 3133-9, L. 3133-11 and L. 3133-12, relating to the solidarity day, do not apply to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: SUBSIDIARY PROTECTION

Article L512-1

Subsidiary protection is granted to any person who does not meet the conditions for being recognised as a refugee but for whom there are serious and proven grounds for believing that there would be a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local referendum

Article LO6442-1

…f the proposals it may adopt within the framework of articles LO 6461-12, LO 6461-14 and LO 6461-15.II. - On a proposal from the Executive Council, the Territorial Council may submit to a referendum a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Duration of the contract.

Article L6222-12-1

By way of derogation from article L. 6222-12, any person aged between sixteen and twenty-nine, or who is at least fifteen and can prove that they have completed the first cycle of secondary education,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article L232-6-1

…with the power to bind it there, the report relating to the tax on profits provided for in Article L. 232-6. II.-The companies mentioned in I are those which meet the following cumulative conditions:…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Contracts awarded without prior publication or competitive tendering

Article L2322-1

The purchaser may award a defence or security contract without prior advertising or competitive tendering in the cases laid down by regulation when, due in particular to the existence of an unsuccessf…

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